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In this episode, Sasha Fegan discusses the influence of disinformation in the media landscape in Africa.
1 August 2022
The scramble for information control over Africa
There has been increasing concern that Russia and China are using state-owned media companies, social media campaigns and proxy actors to manipulate public discourse in the global south.
In this episode, Sasha Fegan discusses the influence of disinformation in the media landscape in Africa.
Her guests will talk about how Russia and China calibrate their messaging to different nation states, and how Chinese state-owned media in Africa is replicating and reinforcing Russian narratives around Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Featuring
Sasha Fegan
Sasha Fegan was a Research Associate at the Lowy Institute from April 2021 to September 2022 working on Australia’s Security and the Rules Based Order Project .
